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133640P.pdf 11/24/2014 Gary Brooks v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-3640
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Bye and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Habeas Case - motion to vacate. Claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
for recommending an Alford plea was properly denied, as counsel's decision
to recommend the plea was a permissible strategic choice.